There were three other people in the laboratory: an old man with white hair, an officer in military uniform, and a young woman with glasses.
The box was placed in a transparent glass cover. The three of them surrounded it but did not open it. They seemed to have some doubts.
The woman looked at the tablet in her hand and said with a solemn expression, "According to the scan results, there is nothing in the box."
The officer hurriedly said, "There is definitely a monster in the box. More than a dozen of my brothers died because they opened the box. The only one who didn't die was Little Wu. He was injured. His eyes were burned by the laser and he was wearing goggles."
The old man pondered for a moment and said, "Where did you find it?"
"In warehouse A3. For this emergency evacuation, the general ordered us to take away everything of the Atlantean Gods in the warehouse."
The old man nodded and said, "Well, leave this thing here first. We will continue to work. We must take away all the research results. We cannot leave anything behind for the demons."
After the three of them left, the lights in the laboratory immediately went out. Luo Kai slowly revealed his figure and looked at the wooden box in the glass cover.
He did not know what wood the box was made of. It was tightly sealed without any gaps.
Luo Kai reached out and lifted the wooden box. The wooden box was very heavy, at least a thousand pounds.
This wooden box gave him a very evil feeling. It was very similar to the will of the main program of the Desire Realm. It was most likely related to the Nightmare Demon God.
He hesitated for a moment and slowly opened the box. The box was empty. Just as he was puzzled, he suddenly felt his fingers itch. A strand of black hair poked out of the wooden box and gently wrapped around his hand. It was not hair, but the root of something.
Luo Kai was shocked. He reached out and wanted to break it. He did not expect the root to be so tough. Moreover, the more he pulled, the longer it grew. In a short while, a large pile of roots was pulled out. The roots in the box seemed to be endless.
He let out a muffled groan, and the speed of his Qi and blood circulation increased by a large margin. The air crackled non-stop, and there were faint electric currents condensing. These roots seemed to have a consciousness, and as if they had sensed something restraining them, they quickly shrank back into the box.
Luo Kai heaved a sigh of relief. Just as he was thinking about how to destroy this evil thing, he suddenly felt an itch on his chest. He scratched his chest in confusion and felt a tuft of fur. He hurriedly tore open his clothes to check. He saw that there was a tuft of tiny black roots growing out of his chest. The roots grew very quickly, spreading on his skin and flesh at a speed visible to the naked eye. In an instant, they almost covered his entire chest.
Zhang Xuan quickly reached out to pull them out, but the roots were not very long. They were like pompoms, and it was difficult to pull them out. Just as they were about to cover his entire body, Zhang Xuan roared and pushed his blood and Qi energy to its peak. Dense electric currents surged all over his body, and a foul stench wafted out. Finally, the hair on his chest stopped growing and began to wither.
A murmur suddenly rang out in his ears. The voice was very soft, and it was a female voice. Following that, he felt a soft and smooth body appear in his embrace. His mind immediately went blank, and he entered a state of stupor.
His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he felt that something was wrong. He wanted to open his eyes, but he discovered that his body was actually out of his control. His body became stiffer and stiffer, and he couldn't even bite the tip of his tongue. This situation was very similar to when he was pulled into a hypnotic dream by the nightmare. However, with his current willpower, what kind of power could pull him into a hypnotic dream?!
The feeling of danger in his heart grew stronger and stronger, but whether it was his mental power or his nerves, they were all paralyzed, and he couldn't use them at all.
In his embrace was a person covered in long hair. What was frightening was that although this person had a human body, the head didn't have any facial features. It was like a piece of white paper. Zhang Xuan didn't know when, but his body was also covered in a layer of long roots, completely enveloping him.
At this moment, Luo Kai still couldn't use his spirit force, but he could still control his body. He tried his best to bite the tip of his tongue, and his heartbeat was like the majestic throbbing of the earth. Every beat of his heartbeat stimulated the unlimited potential of his life. The fine electric current was no longer condensed from the outside, but was generated within his body.
Countless purple electric arcs enveloped his entire body, and a foul smell wafted out. The roots on his body were burned clean in a short while, and he regained control of his body. However, the strange figure in front of him had disappeared, and only a closed box was left.
Everything that happened just now seemed to be an illusion, but the burnt smell in the laboratory told him otherwise.
Luo Kai approached the strange box, and his eyes flashed with a cold light. His hands, which were surrounded by electric arcs, opened the box again. This time, the box was not empty. Instead, there was a tree root, a somewhat charred tree root.
This thing was too strange, and it definitely had something to do with the incubus. A series of footsteps rang out, and the door of the laboratory slowly opened. Then, a tall woman walked in. The woman's face was very cold, and after looking around, she walked to the front of the box. After a long time, she stretched out her hand, as if she wanted to open the box, but after hesitating for a long time, she didn't do it. Instead, she picked up the box and left.
Luo Kai immediately followed her silently.
At this moment, the underground base was in a state of evacuation, and most of the rooms were empty. After walking out of the laboratory, they passed through a long corridor and went down an elevator. In front of them was a laboratory with many isolated glass rooms.
Luo Kai's gaze was immediately attracted to one of the rooms. He saw a tall and ugly zombie covered in black hair squatting inside.
No matter what kind of life it was, it was driven by consciousness. To put it simply, consciousness was the soul of life. Whether it was human or other creatures, the most important thing was the soul. However, zombies didn't have a soul. They didn't belong to humans, nor did they belong to ghosts. They were an existence that didn't belong to the five elements and didn't enter reincarnation.
The corresponding zombies didn't have high intelligence, no emotions, and only simple instincts, but this zombie wasn't like the other zombies. It seemed to have high intelligence. When it saw the woman coming, its eyes immediately became complicated. There was some fear, but also some expectation.
The woman took out a communication device that looked like a phone and pointed it at the zombies in the room. Then, she spoke into the phone, "Mr. Edgar, this is experimental sample 0312, one of the samples infected by the World Tree. The World Tree will only show its activity and control when it invades a living being's body. Once it leaves a living being's body, all that's left is a cluster of highly invasive particle energy. So far, we can only confirm that this mysterious existence has collective intelligence. The bodies it splits will sense that someone is studying them, some of them will dissipate on their own, some of them will shrink into microscopic quantum bodies, so our observation methods are ineffective."
The other side of the phone was silent for a while, and then said: "The great calamity has arrived. Organic life forms will inevitably fall into extinction, only inorganic life forms can survive. This thing may be our only hope to get through the dark period of the universe. We must bring out the Demon Sealing Star Jade."